Blunt lauds decision tossing out lawsuit over his e-mails
Gov. Matt Blunt’s press secretary, Jessica Robinson, sent out a statement this afternoon praising Judge Richard Callahan’s ruling that tossed out a lawsuit filed by an investigative team set by Attorney General Jay Nixon to probe the handling of e-mails by the governor’s office.
Jefferson City Bureau Chief Virginia Young reports the details on the mother ship, and notes that the suit may be refiled to comply with Callahan’s dictates.
Blunt’s statement says, in part:
“The court has made an excellent decision in dismissing this political lawsuit filed by Jay Nixon’s political operatives.“This political lawsuit accuses the governor of actions he did not take, it accuses the governor of actions that even if true would not be a violation of the law and it accuses the governor of actions that did not occur. In fact, it could be dismissed for any of these reasons and should Jay Nixon or his political operatives consider a similar lawsuit we stand ready to make all of these arguments for yet another dismissal….”
What Blunt doesn’t say - and what is perhaps the most politically important point here - is that Nixon is accusing Blunt of doing exactly what Nixon himself does. According to the reports I’ve read here, Nixon hasn’t been saving e-mails either. His hypocrisy here is absolutely shocking.